There’s a strong probability that this Thursday you’ll sit down to Thanksgiving dinner. This, as we all know, is a tribute to the first Thanksgiving. The History Channel, however, as well as most of America, is mistaken. The true first Thanksgiving took place long before that – in Florida.

Christmas, in my world, starts about a week before Thanksgiving at the latest. If I can get away with it, it starts November 2. I can never, I should note, get away with that. And part of celebrating Christmas, to me, is celebrating Thanksgiving. I suspect that’s because I tend towards the misanthropic, so the idea of gratitude makes for a nice respite.

We get all manner of phone calls at the Gabber office. Not just the “I have a news idea for you” or “I’d like to place an ad” calls, but the ones that most people might not expect. For example, a few years ago a duck with an injured wing found its way into the pond at Wood Ibis Park. We received daily phone calls asking us what we were going to do about it.

Celebrating 50 years!

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